Yankees: A-Rod worries over deferred money from Rangers

FORT WORTH, Texas — Alex Rodriguez filed an objection to aspects of next week's auction of the Texas Rangers, saying he and other former players may not get the millions owed them.

The Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas — Alex Rodriguez filed an objection to aspects of next week's auction of the Texas Rangers, saying he and other former players may not get the millions owed them.

Rodriguez is due $24.9 million in deferred compensation six years after he was traded to the Yankees, and he tops the list of the unsecured creditors in the Rangers' bankruptcy case.

Rodriguez's concerns will not be an issue if the team is sold to a group led by Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and sports attorney Chuck Greenberg, who are Major League Baseball's preferred buyers. Their $575 million bid includes paying the full $204 million owed to A-Rod and other unsecured creditors.

But under the bidding procedures set for Wednesday's auction, other potential buyers can decide which provisions to include in their offers.

"Out of an abundance of caution, Rodriguez files this limited objection due to potential uncertainties" about other bidders' plans, his lawyer, Joseph Wielebinski, wrote in a motion filed Wednesday.